Combination step-ladder and ironing-board.



R. G. LOWE COMBINATION STEP LADDER AND IRONING BOARD.

AP'PLICATION FILED SEPT- 3, 1914.

1;, 13 Patented May 18, 1915;

FHOTOJJTHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

7 section of the ladder part of the device in I RICHARD c. LOWE, or VIRGINIA, ILLInoIs.

COMBINATION STEP-LADDER AND mourns- OARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1915.

Application filed September 8, 1914. Serial No. 860,754. 1

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, RICHARD C. LOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Virginia, in the county of Cass and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Step- Ladders and Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings I The object of this invention is an improved household article wihch may be used either as an ironing-board or as a stepladder, the parts being simple in construction and comparatively few in number, and durable and not liable to get out of order.

A further object of the invention is a combined ironing-board and step-ladder, in

which the pivotal section of the ladder portion of the device constitutes, with the remaining section thereof when properly adjusted, a secure support for the ironingboard.

The invention also has for an object a simple, durable and efiicient construction of device of this kind, in which improved means are provided for holding the pivotal operative relation to the remaining step providing portion when the device is used as a ladder, whereby the device will be stable and possibility of accidents precluded.

And the invention also aims to'generally improve devices of this class so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable. I I 7 With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter more fully describe and claim. I

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying: drawing, in

which, I

Figure 1 IS a perspective view of my device arranged as a step-ladder. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal sectional View thereof arranged as an ironing-board. I

Correspondmgfland hke parts are referred to in the following description and designated in all ofthe views of the accompany ing drawing by like referencecharacters.

i Referring to the drawing,pthe numerall i designates the stiles of the ladder portion A of my-improved device, said stiles having secured thereto, any desired number of relatively fixedsteps 2, the stiles being provided on their inner faces above said fixed steps,

with cut-out portions or recesses 3, as clearly illustrated in the drawing.

4 designates auxiliary stiles that are re-- ceived in the recessed portions of the stiles I 1 above the fixed steps 2, a pintle rod 5 extending'through the stiles 1 from one to the other and also passing through the stiles 4 intermediate of the ends of the latter, where-' bytheustiles 4 and the steps 6 which they carry andwhich withthe stiles, constitute a swinging frame B, may be alined with the main stiles 1 or swung to the required'angw lar relation thereto.

I Preferably Iprovide turn buttons 7 "which -are secured to the rear edges of the stiles,

but above the pintle rod 5, which may be turned over the adjacent edges of the stiles 4:, so as to prevent'the frame B from being accidentally displaced or swung out of its operative position when the device is used as a ladder, it being noted that the lower ends of the stiles 4 will abut against the upper surface of the uppermost fixed step 2 and will thereby coiiperate with the turn buttons 7 for securely holding the frame.

The'strut for the ladder A is in the form of an ironing-board and is designatedC. Itis connected to the top step or rung of the ladder A, by means of hinges 8 of any desired construction, and it is provided on one face and intermediate the ends thereof with a laterally elongated keeper 9 in the form of a loop, the same being designed to I receive the hooked end 10 of a link bar 11,

- the latter being pivotally swung from a loop 12 that is secured to the underside of oneof the. steps 6 of the frame B adjacent the pintle rod 5. I

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the operation of my improved combined ironing-board and step-ladder will be apparent.

In the practical use; of the device, when it is. I

to be used as a ladder, the link bar 11 will be engaged with the keeper 9 and the frame B will be held in place with its stiles 4: in linewith the stiles r r e I When the device is to be used as an ironing-board it isonly necessary to release the Iflframe B and to swing it into an angular "relation with'the ladder A which constitutes.

the mainframe of the device, until anjopenmg- G in one end oftheframeB' comesin registry With thekeeperloop 9, whereupon the said loop is entered into said opening and the frame B is held in fixed relation to the ladder or main frame A, With the board resting solidly upon one end of the first named frame; i V v V While the accompanying drawing illustrates What I believeto be the preferred construction of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited there-Y to, but that va'riouschanges may be made,

in the construction, arrangements and proportions of the parts Without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. v "What is claimed, is: a

-1 A combined ironing-board and stepladder comprlsmg a mamcfra-me, an'auxil iary frame pivotally mounted therein, a strutvhingedly connected at one end to the 7 Copies of this patent inayvbe obtained for main frame and provided with a keeper, a latch bar carried by the auxiliary frame and engageable withpsaid keeper, and means vvhereby the keeper may be positively en'- gaged With one end of the auxiliary frame when the latter 1s swung to an angular pos1t1on relative to the mam frame, as and for the purpose described.

2. A combined ironing-board and stepladderembodying a main frame, an 311K11- iary frame pivotally connected thereto, a

' board hin edl connected at one end to one end of the main frame and provided on its face yvith a keeper projecting therefrom, and a latch bar carried by, the auxiliary WVitnesses: 'M. L. CRUM, I

MATT YAPLE five cents'eaeh, addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

RICHARD o. LOWE. 

